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 Cilea 1 Adriana Lecouvreur
Princess of Bouillon's aria
'The torment of desire, exquisite torture'
- 'Star of the Evening' Donizetti
2 La favorita
Leonora's aria 'Can I believe it?' - 'Oh my beloved'
- 'I submit to heav'nly powers!' Verdi
3 Il trovatore
Azucena's canzone 'Fierce flames are raging'
Ponchielli
4 La Gioconda
Gioconda and Laura's duet 'My curse upon you!'
- 'Love like mine is the light of creation'
with Susan Patterson, soprano
Mozart
5 Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira's recitative and aria 'To what atrocity'
- 'That ungrateful man betrayed me'
Wagner
6 Rienzi
Adriano's scene 'Oh righteous God' - 'Where was I?' Donizetti
7 La favorita Leonora and Fernando's duet
'You, most courteous maiden' - 'My beloved' with Colin Lee, tenor and Fflur Wyn, soprano
Handel
8 Semele Juno's aria 'Hence, Iris hence away!'
Rossini
9 Tancredi 'Tell me, my beating heart'
Bellini
10 Norma Norma and Adalgisa's duet 'Take my children' - 'See, O Norma' with Susan Patterson, soprano
Verdi
11 Don Carlos Princess Eboli's aria 'O hated gift'
Gounod
12 Romeo and Juliet Juliet's Waltz Song
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London 2-15 September 2006
Producer - Brian Couzens, Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens, Assistant engineer - Jonathan Cooper |
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Gramophone
'Track by track, Larmore's technical command and dramatic concentration are stunning. That Rienzi solo, for instance, is an immense undertaking, and everything - vocal range and expressive intensity for a start - is in the grand manner, indomitable and tireless. Azucena's gruesome narrative is tense in enunciation, musically very precise and graced by genuine trills where they are often fudged or ignored. Larmore is (as we have recently had several opportunities of remarking) among the most accomplished singers of her time.' |
